AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AND THE ROMAN MILITARY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA DURING THE EARLY IMPERIAL PERIOD

Number: 21 May 1, 2013
  • Julian Bennett
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AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AND THE ROMAN MILITARY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA DURING THE EARLY IMPERIAL PERIOD

Abstract

A recent review of the palaeoenvironmental and related evidence for the multiperiod site of Gordion has identified a pattern of intensive and ultimately unsustainable land use for the region during the Roman period, a pattern interpreted as resulting from the need for over-production by estate-owners to comply with the “often onerous taxes” levied by the provincial authorities. The nature of these “onerous taxes” is not made clear in that review, but it can be argued that the Roman period intensification of land use at Gordion initially came about from the need to supply food for the legionary and auxiliary troops stationed in Galatia and Cappadocia from the Neronian-Flavian period onwards. This explanation is suggested by the evidence that Gordion served as a Roman military base between the mid-1st and the early 2nd centuries. As the use of the location in this way began almost a full century after Galatia was provincialised, a military presence there at that time is unlikely to have been required for security reasons. In which case there is a strong probability that this activity was somehow linked with the increased military activity in Central and Eastern Anatolia that began in the Neronian-Flavian period.

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APA
Bennett, J. (2013). AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AND THE ROMAN MILITARY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA DURING THE EARLY IMPERIAL PERIOD. OLBA, 21, 303-344. https://izlik.org/JA99EP56NZ
AMA
1.Bennett J. AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AND THE ROMAN MILITARY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA DURING THE EARLY IMPERIAL PERIOD. OLBA. 2013;(21):303-344. https://izlik.org/JA99EP56NZ
Chicago
Bennett, Julian. 2013. “AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AND THE ROMAN MILITARY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA DURING THE EARLY IMPERIAL PERIOD”. OLBA, nos. 21: 303-44. https://izlik.org/JA99EP56NZ.
EndNote
Bennett J (May 1, 2013) AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AND THE ROMAN MILITARY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA DURING THE EARLY IMPERIAL PERIOD. OLBA 21 303–344.
IEEE
[1]J. Bennett, “AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AND THE ROMAN MILITARY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA DURING THE EARLY IMPERIAL PERIOD”, OLBA, no. 21, pp. 303–344, May 2013, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA99EP56NZ
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Bennett, Julian. “AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AND THE ROMAN MILITARY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA DURING THE EARLY IMPERIAL PERIOD”. OLBA. 21 (May 1, 2013): 303-344. https://izlik.org/JA99EP56NZ.
JAMA
1.Bennett J. AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AND THE ROMAN MILITARY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA DURING THE EARLY IMPERIAL PERIOD. OLBA. 2013;:303–344.
MLA
Bennett, Julian. “AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AND THE ROMAN MILITARY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA DURING THE EARLY IMPERIAL PERIOD”. OLBA, no. 21, May 2013, pp. 303-44, https://izlik.org/JA99EP56NZ.
Vancouver
1.Julian Bennett. AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AND THE ROMAN MILITARY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA DURING THE EARLY IMPERIAL PERIOD. OLBA [Internet]. 2013 May 1;(21):303-44. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA99EP56NZ